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Chief Quality Officer

companySt. Luke's Health System
locationBoise, ID, USA
PublishedPublished: 6/14/2022
Full Time

Overview:

The Chief Quality Officer (CQO) at St. Lukes is a key physician leader responsible for advancing clinical excellence across the enterprise. Working in partnership with the VP Quality Operations, the CQO is instrumental in fostering a culture of continuous improvement, reducing care variation and enhancing patient outcomes.

What You Can Expect:

  • Collaborate with the VP of Quality Operations to codevelop and implement the organizations strategic plans for quality and safety.
  • Set long-term goals, establish key performance indicators and drive initiatives that align with St. Lukes mission.
  • Oversee the monitoring, analysis and reporting of performance metrics related to the quality plans. Ensure the health system meets its quality objectives and identify areas for improvement through regular reviews.
  • Co-lead the execution of the organization's high reliability plan. Foster a culture of safety and reliability, aiming to minimize errors and enhance patient care.
  • Serves as co-leader and physician partner for continual survey and accreditation readiness.
  • Serves as the organizations physician subject matter expert on quality and safety concepts, including adherence to evidence-based practices and efforts at reducing variation in care delivery.
  • Participates in other aspects of Cross Functional Governance in the health system and the Clinically Integrated Network, with a focus on reducing clinical variation to improve outcomes of care and reduce costs of care.

Qualifications:

  • Doctorate degree from a school of medicine or osteopathy, successful completion of an accredited residency program, and board certification from the American Board of Medical Specialties. Completion of formal training program in clinical performance improvement science.
  • At least 10 years of clinical practice experience, progressive leadership roles within healthcare systems.
  • Idaho Medical License.

Why St. Luke's:

At St. Lukes, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Lukes is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.

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